Adjustable support



' Oct. 14, 1930.

R. T. FROST ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT Filed June 22, 1927 Patented Oct. 14, 1930 PATENT OFFICE ROBERT T. FROST, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA ADJUSTABLE surron'r Application filed June 22,

My invention relates to an adjustable support particularly designed for the support of clothing and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a support of the character described whereby clothing on hangers may be disposed overhead and out of the way and yet may be readily accessible.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for utilizing space for the storage of clothing and the like which is now unused as a storage space;

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be setforth in the following description of the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification. It is to be understood, however, that I do not limit myself to the showing made by the said drawings and description, as I may adopt variations of the preferred form within the scope of my invention as set forth in the claim.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two of the devices mounted in a clothes closet and differently disposed.

Figures 2 and 3 are side and front views, respectively, of a bracket and the lower portion of a standard forming parts of the device.

Figure 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view taken on the line 55 in Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a view generally similar to Figure 5, but with an arm forming part of the bracket disposed as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.

As herewith particularly illustrated, the support of my invention comprises a standard '7 vertically and adjustably supported in a wall bracket 8. The standard '7 is preferably formed of a straight bar of polygonal section, here shown square, and is provided at its upper end with a transversely extending arm 9 arranged .to be horizontally disposed and to provide a support for a plurality of clothes hangers 11, or the like, which are arranged to be removably hung thereon. To

1927. Serial No. 200,606.

insure the retention of the hangers on the arm, the latter is preferably provided with an upward extension 12 at the extremity thereof. The standard and arm may be advantageously formed as integral parts of a single member, though such is not essential to the operativeness of the device.

\Vhile the bracket 8 may be of other stru'cture, I prefer to form the same as shown, since the present structure, besides being particularly simple, involves a minimum of manipulation during an adjustable shifting of the position of the standard therein. The bracket 8, it is noted, essentially comprises a back or base portion 13 arranged to besecured to and against a wall by screws or the like, while extending transversely forwardly from the portion 13 at the top and bottom thereof are arm portions 14 and 15, respectively, one of said portions being fixed to the base and disposed horizontally, while the other of said portions is hinged to the base for limited movement about a horizontal axis.- The upper arm 1a is fixed and is integral with the back portion 13, such portion being conveniently formed of a strip of sheet metal. The lower arm 15, it will be noted, is also formed of a strip of sheet metal, and is provided adjacent the opposite edges thereof with tongue portions 16, which are disposed through horizontally disposed aligned slots 17 provided adjacent the bottom of the base 13 with the extending portions bent transverselyof the plane of the arm. A portion 18 of thestrip forming the arm 15 and which lies between the tongues 16 is also'benttransversely of the plane of the arm, but oppositely'of the tongues and in front of the base. It will now be noted that the arm 15 is arranged to be disposed generally horizontally and that the tongues 16 thereof extend downwardly while the portion 18 extends upwardly at right-angles thereto, whereby the arm is hingedly secured to the base and the upward movement thereof is limited to a position at right-angles to the base and parallel to the fixed arm 14.

The arms 14 and 15 are respectively provided 'with perforations 19 and 21, such perforations being substantially vertically 23 of the erforation en a es the inner side o b of the standard. In this mannena downward gravitational movement of the standard and arm locks-them together, it being noted that the ed e portions 22 and 23 are preferablyrelatively sharp and that'the standlard is arranged to befvertically dlsposed when so engaged with arm 15." To facilitate a proper locked engagement of the standard and arm 15,: the standardis pr'eferjablyarranged to be" so engaged in the. arms that an edge thereof is furthest from the bracket base, with the faces coterininous at such edge making equal angles with the plane of the Ibracketbase, it being noted that such a relation insures a maXi-mum'length of engagement of the standard with the edges of theperf'ora; tion of the arm 15.

To raise the standard, it is saryto push upwardly thereon to release it and move'iti upwardly to a new position. If

v itkis desired to lower the standard, it is only 35. V arm 151the'refrom, and then hold arm 15 in.

necessaryfto raise it sufficiently to free the substantially hori'zontalposition whilelower ing the standard therethrough. In either merely neces-,

the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I'desire to have it understood that the device-shown isjmerely, illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired, as fall within the scope oftheappendedclaim.-

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, the following: 7

In a clothes support, a standard comprising a bar of polygonal cross-section provided atone end thereof with a clothingsupporb ing arm extending transversely of the standard, a wall bracket for supporting said stan d ard and comprising a baseportionarranged to be secured to a'wall and arms extending outwardly from said base portion, said arms provided'with openings arranged to be vertically aligned for-the cooperative sliding rcceptionof said standard therein, one of said arms being of the same cross-sectional shape as said bar to prevent the turningof the bar therein, one of said armsbelng fixedly related to the base portion and-the other arm'being hinged to said base portion to gravitationally support the standard where desired. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

.' ROBERT T; FROST. 1

cas'e,-ifthe arnr15 is freeto move,-a slight downward movement of the standard serves to-lock'it in place; it is thus-clear that ad-' justme'nt Of'fllG positioning of, the standard is eflec'ted inj a" particularly simple manner. Preferably, and as here shown, a push knob 24Vpro'viding a downwardly convex: bearing surfaceiisprovided at the lower end of, the 7 to facilitate the; manipulation v l l l I standard 7 thereof. .7

ltwill be noted that thelde'vice of my in V vention'is particularly intended'for dispose ing clothing-out of-the way and in space usu allylwasted. Thus, particularly shown in Flgureg'l', the'device may: be mounted on'a hook: strip 25 on a wall 26 of aJclothescloset'l 27'. rl/Vith the standard in lowered position to dispose .the arm 9. 'substantiallyat the level of the hooks 28, one or'more hangers 11 car- -ry'ingclothing 29 may be mounted thereon, after whichjthe standard is raisedto dispose the hangers adjacent the ceiling3llwith the clothing above the hooks 28, thus utilizing space usually wasted in clothes closets and leaving the hooks. freefor other use. 1

V lldrom the foregoing description taken in: I i connection with'the'ac'companyingdrawings, 

